The purpose of this research is to locate and sort out the
various Lindsey's who lived in Newberry Co., South Carolina from about 1770 to 1820. Many
of these Lindsey's had arrived from Frederick Co., VA, and were members of the
Lindsey family that had lived in the Long Marsh area. They are represented in
Lindsay Surname DNA Project Group 2.

The earliest members
of the family to arrive in South Carolina were Abraham and Isaac, probable brothers (sons of
Edmund Lindsey Sr., b. 1697, who died in Frederick Co. after 1782), who each
received land grants in the area in 1762. Next came John Lindsey Sr.
(probable brother of Edmund Sr.) and his
four sons, John
Jr., James, Thomas, and Samuel. They arrived in the area ca. 1770.
Later arrivals included Edmund (probable son of Edmund Sr.) and David, who settled in the area after the
Revolutionary War. With the exception of David and his son Benjamin, all of
the Lindsey's who were early settlers in Newberry Co. appear to have been related.

Though John Lindsey Sr. was too old to have been in the
Revolutionary War (he had served in the French and Indian War in Frederick Co.,
VA), all four of his sons were soldiers or officers in Newberry Co. during the
Revolution, as was at least one of his grandsons, Moses Lindsey.

To learn more about an individual, click on a name in the
table above. Of the above mentioned Lindsey's, Isaac did not remain in the area.
He moved on to Tennessee before the start of the Revolutionary War, so he will not be discussed here.
There is a link in the table above to a web page about a man named Isaac Lindsey
who appeared in York Co., SC in 1785. I believe that he was the same Isaac
Lindsey who lived next to Abraham Lindsey on Foster's Branch in Newberry Co.,
and that Isaac was probably the son of Abraham Lindsey. Click on the link
to learn more about this Isaac Lindsey.

The Lindsey family amassed quite a bit of land in northern
Newberry Co. through grants and later purchases. They were planters, and a
number of them owned slaves.

The maps below show the approximate locations of the Lindsey's
who lived in Newberry Co. ca. 1770-1820. The nine Lindsey names on the maps
match those in the grid, above. The locations were taken from deed/grant
and historical information. I haven't seen the actual plats of the Lindsey
grants, which would help to pinpoint their land holdings. Most of the
Lindsey's - John Sr., his four sons, and Edmund were clustered closely together
along Indian Creek and King's Creek (called Lindsey Creek on some old maps) and
their tributaries. Abraham was located on the Enoree River, within
Newberry Co., while his son, John, lived just over the Newberry line in Laurens
Co. A seemingly unrelated David Lindsey and his son, Benjamin, lived in
the southern part of the county, on Hawlick (Hawleek) Creek and the Saluda
River.

John Lindsey Sr.(John1) had died by1787, so he did not appear
on this census. His four sons, John2, James1, Thomas, and Samuel are shown
in the blue cells. John's widow, Alce, if still living in 1790, may have
resided with one of her sons or daughters, because she was not shown as a head
of household. Abraham Lindsey shown here, was born about 1750, a son of
Thomas Lindsey and Mary Frost. Abraham later moved to Butler Co., Kentucky
(per Ferrell Brown book on Thomas Lindsey). Moses Lindsey, in the yellow cell, was a son of James1 Lindsey.
William may have been a son of Edmund2. If this William was a son of
Edmund2, he would have been born by abt. 1767. William did not appear on the
1800 census for Newberry Co., but he was enumerated on the 1810 census.
Edmund was shown as having four males above the age of 16, and two under 16.
He only named two sons in his 1816 will, so either these additional males were
extended family members, or Edmund had more sons than were named in his will.

It
is not known who Jesse Lindsey was. Jesse did not appear on any census for
Newberry Co. after 1790. He may have died, or he might have left the area.

1800 census - Newberry Co., SC

Page

Names
of heads of families

Free
white males

Free
white females

All
other

Free
Persons

Slaves

under

10

10 thru

I5

16 thru

25

26 thru

44

45 and

over

under

10

I0 thru

15

16 thru

25

26 thru

44

45 and

over

Ancestry.com Page #'s

36

Ruth Lindsey

2

2

2

1

3

1

36

Samuel Lindsey

1

3

1

2

1

2

1

9

36

Moses Lindsey

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

36

Jacob Lindsey

1

1

1

1

2

36

Charles Lindsey

1

2

1

36

Thomas Lindsey

1

2

1

1

2

1

1

13

36

Benjamin Lindsey

1

1

1

37

David Lindsey

1

1

1

37

Caleb Lindsey

1

1

1

1

37

John Lindsey

2

1

1

1

1

5

38

Edmund Lindsy

1

1

1

38

Edmund Lindsy

2

1

1

1

1

38

Mary Lindsy

1

1

39

James Lindsey

2

1

3

1

1

39

Mary Lindsey

1

1800 census - Newberry Co., SC, with comments:

Page

Names
of heads of families

Free
white males

Free
white females

All
other

Free
Persons

Slaves

under

10

10 thru

I5

16 thru

25

26 thru

44

45 and

over

under

10

I0 thru

15

16 thru

25

26 thru

44

45 and

over

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36

Ruth Lindsey
(widow of James1)

2

2

2

1

3

1

36

Samuel Lindsey
(son of John1)

1

3

1

2

1

2

1

9

36

Moses Lindsey
(son of James1)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

36

Jacob Lindsey
(son of Thomas)

1

1

1

1

2

36

Charles Lindsey
(son of Thomas)

1

2

1

36

Thomas Lindsey
(son of John1)

1

2

1

1

2

1

1

13

36

Benjamin Lindsey (son of
David)

1

1

1

37

David Lindsey
(from Fairfield Co., unrelated?)

1

1

1

37

Caleb Lindsey
(son of John2)

1

1

1

1

37

John4 Lindsey
(son of John2)

2

1

1

1

1

5

38

Edmund2 Lindsy
(son of Edmund 1)

1

1

1

38

Edmund3 Lindsy
(son of Edmund2)

2

1

1

1

1

38

Mary Lindsy (Widow of ?)

1

1

39

James Lindsey (?)

2

1

3

1

1

39

Mary Lindsey (widow of ?)

1

This census was somewhat alphabetized, but not all of the
Lindsey's appeared on the same page, so they might be roughly grouped by
location. Of patriarch John1 Lindsey's four sons
(John2, James1, Thomas, and Samuel), two had died before 1800 - James1
and John2. Samuel and Thomas were still living. James1's widow, Ruth
is shown. Some of Ruth's married daughters may have lived with her.

Cells are
colored blue to represent the sons/widows of John1 Lindsey. The orange cells
represent the sons of John2 (1740-1795): Caleb and John4. Green
cells represent the sons of Thomas (ca. 1740-1815). Yellow cells represent
the sons of James (ca. 1730-1799). There are two unidentified Mary Lindsey's
who appeared to be widows. David and Benjamin (gray cells) seem to have
been unrelated.

John Lindsey on the census is the most difficult to identify.
He may have been John4, the son of John2. John4 was born in 1776,
according to the family bible. John4 is
shown with an older woman (bible information says his mother died in 1785) and
with what appears to be a wife and some children who, according to the family
bible, weren't his because he didn't marry until 1805. Still, he seems to
have been the son of John2 because James1 didn't name a son John, and the sons
of Thomas and Samuel who were named John were still living at home in 1800.
It could also be that this man named John Lindsey was a son of Edmund, who was
not named in his will. Or?

Missing are James and Humphrey Lindsey, the sons of John2.
They should have been ages 21 and 27 according to
family bible information. Perhaps they lived with a married sister.
James2 Lindsey, the son of James1, also does not seem to be the man shown on the
census. He married Sarah Frost, but they weren't married yet. James
was not shown living with his mother, Ruth, or his brother, James. So he is
missing, too. William Lindsey, son of Edmund, is also not shown.

The James Lindsey on the census, above, seems to have been married for some
time. He had six children by 1800. Neither Samuel or Thomas named a
son James, so this James remains a mystery for now. Perhaps he was a son
of the widow, Mary Lindsey, who was listed on the same page with him on the
census.

1810 census - Newberry Co., SC

Page

Names
of heads of families

Free
white males

Free
white females

All
other

Free
Persons

Slaves

under

10

10 thru

I5

16 thru

25

26 thru

44

45 and

over

under

10

I0 thru

15

16 thru

25

26 thru

44

45 and

over

Ancestry.com
page #'s

08

Dv'd Lindsey

1

1

1

08

Benj. Lindsey

2

1

1

1

6

15

Edward Lindsey

1

1

15

William Lindsey

2

1

1

1

2

26

James Lindsey Saludy

1

2

1

1

3

28

John Linsley

2

1

1

28

Thomas Lindvig

1

1

1

1

1

1

20

30

Chas. Lindsey

3

1

1

1

1

30

Caleb Lindsey

3

1

1

1

3

1

10

30

John Lindsey

2

2

1

1

6

31

Sam'l Lindsey

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

2

31

Wade Lindsey

1

1

1

32

Jacob Lindsey

3

1

1

1

2

1810 census - Newberry Co., SC, with comments

Page

Names
of heads of families

Free
white males

Free
white females

All
other

Free
Persons

Slaves

under

10

10 thru

I5

16 thru

25

26 thru

44

45 and

over

under

10

I0 thru

15

16 thru

25

26 thru

44

45 and

over

Ancestry.com
page #'s

08

Dv'd Lindsey
(Unrelated?)

1

1

1

08

Benj. Lindsey (son of
David)

2

1

1

1

6

15

Edward2 Lindsey
(son of Edmund1)

1

1

15

William Lindsey
(son of Edmund2)

2

1

1

1

2

26

James3 Lindsey Saludy
(son of John2)

1

2

1

1

3

28

John Linsley (?)

2

1

1

28

Thomas Lindvig
(I read as Thomas Lindsey sen.) (son of John1)

1

1

1

1

1

1

20

30

Chas. Lindsey
(son of Thomas)

3

1

1

1

1

30

Caleb Lindsey
(son of John2)

3

1

1

1

3

1

10

30

John4 Lindsey
(son of John2)

2

2

1

1

6

31

Sam'l Lindsey
(son of John1)

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

2

31

Wade Lindsey
(son of Samuel)

1

1

1

32

Jacob Lindsey
(son of Thomas)

3

1

1

1

2

In 1810, two sons of John1 Lindsey Sr. were still living -
Thomas and Samuel. William Lindsey lived next to his father, Edmund2 Lindsey.
William was shown as being born by 1765, which matches the 1790 census data for
him. Edmund3 Lindsey Jr. must have moved elsewhere.

Of Thomas Lindsey's six sons, two lived on their own in
Newberry Co. (Charles and Jacob), two were still living at home (could have been
John, Jared, or Isaac), and one lived in Pendleton Co. (Samuel). See the
web page about Thomas for more on this.

James Lindsey of Saludy on the census was probably James3
Lindsey, the son of John2 Lindsey. It is known that James3 Lindsey, the
son of John2, died in Newberry Co. in 1841, where his
will was recorded. James Lindsey stated that he lived in Newberry Co.
in his will, so my guess is that James3 never left Newberry Co. James' will made it seem that
his brother, Humphrey Lindsey, may have been incapacitated in some way, so perhaps
Humphrey was the other adult male who lived with James, shown on the census,
above.

Of James1 Lindsey's sons, Moses and James2, Moses had moved to
Williamson Co., TN by 1810, according to his
pension record. I believe that James2 was living in Pendleton Co (see
the web page about him).

John Lindsey on the census may have been the son of John2 or
Samuel. Both had sons named John. Because Samuel had 4 males living
at home with him, I am guessing that his son John was still living at home.
The family bible record for John2 Lindsey showed
that his son John4 had married Polly Brown in 1805, so he would have been living
on his own in 1810. The bible record shows that John and Polly had two sons by
1810. The daughter shown on the census did not appear in the birth section
of the transcribed bible record,
but her death was noted, and her married name in the transcribed record was
Elizabeth Hollingsworth. Other information states that John and Polly had a daughter, Elizabeth, born
in 1809. See the web page on John
Lindsey for more information. So John Lindsey on this census was most
likely John4 Lindsey, the son of John2 Lindsey. There was an unidentified
adult male also living in John Lindsey's household.

John Linsley could possibly have been John Lindsey. If
Linsley was a mistranscription of Lindsey, my guess is that this John was the
son of Thomas. Thomas had only two sons living at home, and three are not
shown on the census on their own: John, Jared, and Isaac.